Recording Audio from PC.

Its easy recording audio from console games, but what about on a PC where you cannot directly extract the files and have to rely at least recording them from your speakers, When your in the game you always have to alt-Tab out and start the recording program and other sounds get in the way while your reentering the game, i tried audicy but that doesn't work with ingame hotkeys.

I was wondering if there was a better PC program to cap audio ingame with a hotkey?

Have you tried starting the recording program, reenter the game and THEN go into the section of the game you wish to record? Afterwards you just cut out the sounds, section of the music you don't want, and you're done.

I think you would probably be able to do the same thing as if you're ripping from a console. If you had 2 PCs, just route the "headphones" cord to your other PC's Line-In jack.

I've had good experiences with Total Recorder v4.x a few years ago. It intercepts all sound information that goes to your speakers. Not sure about your in-game hotkeys problem though.

I'd like to know how easy it is to record audio from consoles. Because I've looked into TV tuners and such and haven't found one that looks good.

Recording from PC is easy, though. Just start up Fraps and then extract the audio from the movie file.